Greek-English Glossary




ἀδυνατόν powerless, forceless (unkräftig)

αἴσθησις perceive, take for true (Wahrnehmen)

ἀκολουθεῖν follow, constantly going after, always already going along with

ἀληθές uncovering

ἀναλογία analogy (Analogie)

ἀναλέγειν correspond (Entsprechen)

ἀνάμνησις recollection

ἄπειρον the unbounded

ἀπόφανσις assertion

ἀπόφασις affirmation

ἀρχή origin (Ausgang, Von-wo-aus)

βίος life, life history

γένος genus (Gattung)

δύναμις potentia, force (Kraft), capability (Vermögen), possibility (Möglichkeit)

δύναμις ἕξις ἀπαθείας force of resistance

δύναμις μετὰ λόγου capability (Vermögen), conversant force (kundige Kraft)

δύναμις τοῦ παθεῖν force of bearing

δύναμις τοῦ παιεῖν force of doing, producing

δυνατόν powerful, forceful (kräftig)

ἐμψυχον besouled

ἐν ἀλλῳ ἥ ᾖ ἄλλο in another or to the extent that it is another

ἐναντίον contrary

ἐνέργεια actus, actualization. actuality. being at work

ἐντελεχέιᾳ holding in completion

ἐπὶ πλέον extending further

ἐπιστήμη science, familiarity with things

ἔργον work (Werk)

ἔχειν have, possess

ζῷον λόγον ἔχον the living being that has λόγος

ζωή life, living being, animal

κίνησις movement (Bewegung)

καθ᾽ αὑτό in respect to self, self-same

κατὰ κίνησιν with regard to movement

κατὰ συμβεβηκός with respect to being co-present

κατηγορία category (Kategorie), that saying which is involved in every assertion in a preeminent way

κινούμενον moved being (Bewegtes)

λήθη forgetting

λόγος discourse, conversance

λέγειν gathering, to gather, bring into relation

λέγεται πολλαχώς said in many ways, understood in manifold ways

μὴ ἔχειν not having

μεταβολή change (Umschlag)

ὁμώνυμον nominally identical (namensgleich)

ὀρεκτόν what is striven after

ὄρεξις striving (Streben)

ὁρισμός delimitation (Umgrenzung)

παρουσία presence

πέρας boundary, limit

ποιεῖν produce, bring forth

ποίησις production (Herstellung)

ποιητικὴ ἐπιστήμη versatile understanding of ποίησις

ποιόν being so constituted (Beschaffensein)

πολλαχῶς manifold, in many ways

πολλαχῶς λεγόμενον what is said in many ways

στέρεσις withdrawal (Entzug)

τέχνη capability for producing

τὸ εἶναι being (Sein)

τὸ ὂν ᾗ ὄν beings as such (das Seiende als solches)

τὸ ὄν beings (das Seiende, Seiend)

ὕλη that out of which something is to be produced

φρόνησις circumspection

ψεῦδος distortion, concealment

ψευδής deceptive, concealing


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Aristotle's Metaphysics θ 1-3 (GA 33) [GA App]

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